FREAKS IN FOOD CONSUMPTION AND EYE APPEAL
The article surveys global taste trends, noting buyers judge food by color and presentation rather than flavor. It cites butter color, egg shell tones, and colored meats, from London to New York, and discusses advertising, branding, and fancy packaging shaping purchases while quality is often secondary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
England
Philadelphia
Washington
New Orleans
Ploughing Contest Featured At Minnesota Agricultural College
A field day addition, the ploughing contest, awarded a sulky plow to the freshman winner and a prize to a senior. Competitors laid out twenty foot wide lands, judged on furrow straightness depth and weed turning. The event aims to turn play into work and vice versa, echoing Tom Sawyer’s lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Agricultural College
Mark ‘Twain
Tom Sawyer
Pioneer Press of
St. Paul
Government botanists’ citrus marriage aims at hardy orange tree
United States Department of Agriculture botanists seek to create a citrus hybrid combining frost hardy traits with edible orange quality. The project envisions a tree fruiting in latitudes between northern limits of sweet and bitter oranges, enabling orange groves in Virginia Kentucky Indiana Illinois Missouri and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illlinois
Missouri
Kansas
Norfolk
Richmond
Lynchburg
Lexington
Toutsville
Cairo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Citrus trifoliata ornamental orange in U S grounds
The article describes the northern hardy citrus trifoliata as a Japanese shrub grown ornamentally in the United States, including three trees at the Department of Agriculture. It notes its small bitter fruit and blooming process, with botanists handling flowers to study pollen and ovary ripening in the orangery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Massachusetts
Japan
Department of Agriculture
Orangery
Experimental orange tree pollenation progress
The Department of Agriculture reports on cross pollination between sweet and bitter oranges. Over about ten seasons pollen has improved the bitter orange fruit, and this season the oranges are expected to be fairly good table fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Adopted English Knight and Irish Guide in NYC Tale
A visiting English gentleman, boasting a long list of knighthoods, is playfully challenged by an Irish guide in New York. The banter escalates as Pat Flannigan boasts of Pat’s own lengthy lineage and timetable of nightly appearances, ending with a mention of a tobacco book and Kentucky crop prospects this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Erin
Pat
Johnenneth Edgerton
London
the Garter
Bath
St. John
Golden Fleece
Royal Legion
Olam Pathrick
Timothy Flannigan
Toboken
Kentucky
Suburban Co-Operation in Kensington Sparks Local Coop Ideas
In Kensington Maryland a government worker and a neighbor with a gasoline engine have created a shared water system. The engine powers a pump supplying water to six families and is planned to run a night generator for lighting. The article advocates coop telephones and water and electric systems for rural settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Maryland
Washington
Ixensington
Doughnut quip sparks bite about hole size
A playful exchange asks for advice on improving doughnuts. The speaker suggests enlarging the holes as the witty punchline, reflecting light humor about pastry design.
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3En Davis
Scotland
Canada
Tong Island
Hodgins
Florida
Beverldce
Taere
Stow
Geer B Manufacturing CO
Exchange Place
Maxwell
Homemaker Magazine
Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago, Ill
Catatoguc
Main Street
Sandwich
Tit
William Bros
Ithaca
WN. Y
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Ile
Western Wheeled Scraper Co
Aurora, Ill
Gend
A.1
Root Co
Fledina
Ohio
I. H.C
International Harvester Co. of America (Incorporated
Monroe Street
U.S. A
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